Feb 13, 2006

(CIDRAP News)  The H5N1 avian flu virus is continuing its relentless spread from bird to bird, with individual deaths in some countries marking new territory for the virus and massive die-offs and culling showing how quickly it can become entrenched.

The pathogen has been reported in wild birds in five new countriesAzerbaijan, Nigeria, Greece, Italy, and Bulgariain the past week. In addition, an H5 virus has been reported in Slovenia.

Jan 17, 2006

(CIDRAP News)  More cases of human illness and death were laid at the door of the H5N1 virus in Turkey and Indonesia today.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday confirmed the death from H5N1 of a 5-year-old boy from Dogubayazit district in Turkey's eastern Agri province. His 14-year-old sister had died on Jan 15, and results on Monday confirmed her death was from H5N1.